I've always loved stories. I've loved thinking about characters and places and how this shapes a plot.
Reading a story is wonderful, but creating one yourself takes me to an all new dimension.
Making movies might be an eventual dream, but the greatness of writing books is that it is based on a limitless imagination with limitless worth without a huge price.
Monday, September 28, 2015
Monday, September 21, 2015
Back from the Writing Conference
I had a wonderful time at my first writing conference this weekend. I learned so much and met lots of writers and others in the writing industry and connected with other attendees. Without a doubt I would love to return.
Plus: I just started a new Twitter account https://twitter.com/BennyRSFantasy
The conference was at Cuesta College, but I stayed in Morro Bay, which was a memorable location where my family visited when I was a child.
Plus: I just started a new Twitter account https://twitter.com/BennyRSFantasy
The conference was at Cuesta College, but I stayed in Morro Bay, which was a memorable location where my family visited when I was a child.
Monday, September 14, 2015
Classes of Magic: Teleportation
Last year, while waiting for a delayed train, I spent the time developing in my head the magic systems for The Face of the Pumpkin.
People in the Sorcery Society of Salem (as well as other magic groups of sorcery and enchantment) fit into four different classes of magic (earth, air, fire and water)... I came up with different advantages that these classes have and in particular, with regards to Teleportation.
Earth magic produces Green Apples that when eaten allow the person to transport to their wanted location. Disadvantage: You must always have apples on hand. Advantage: Although earth magic produces it, anyone can wield it.
Air magic allows Teleportation by thinking. It is perhaps the most advantageous, but it uses a lot of energy, and so one can only take in so much in a certain amount of time.
Fire magic is one of the most difficult as it requires the production of a potion that ignites a fire portal. Due to its power with light, Fire Teleportation is the only way to travel beyond Planet Earth.
Water magic is done through making portals by thought through bodies of water. It uses less personal energy than air magic and is easier for others to follow, but Point A and Point B must be in bodies of water (ocean, river, lake, swimming pool, etc)... It's always safer to travel with magic Blueberries to breathe under water.
People in the Sorcery Society of Salem (as well as other magic groups of sorcery and enchantment) fit into four different classes of magic (earth, air, fire and water)... I came up with different advantages that these classes have and in particular, with regards to Teleportation.
Earth magic produces Green Apples that when eaten allow the person to transport to their wanted location. Disadvantage: You must always have apples on hand. Advantage: Although earth magic produces it, anyone can wield it.
Air magic allows Teleportation by thinking. It is perhaps the most advantageous, but it uses a lot of energy, and so one can only take in so much in a certain amount of time.
Fire magic is one of the most difficult as it requires the production of a potion that ignites a fire portal. Due to its power with light, Fire Teleportation is the only way to travel beyond Planet Earth.
Water magic is done through making portals by thought through bodies of water. It uses less personal energy than air magic and is easier for others to follow, but Point A and Point B must be in bodies of water (ocean, river, lake, swimming pool, etc)... It's always safer to travel with magic Blueberries to breathe under water.
Monday, September 7, 2015
Book Reading: The Once and Future King
This weekend I started reading T.H. White's The Once and Future King which includes the several volumes of The Sword in the Stone, The Queen of Air and Darkness, The Ill-Made Knight and The Candle in the Wind.
The Disney animated film, The Sword in the Stone, is based on the first book, and the musical/film Camelot, produced during the same era, is based on the later parts. Let's see how it works out reading all of these pages!
The Disney animated film, The Sword in the Stone, is based on the first book, and the musical/film Camelot, produced during the same era, is based on the later parts. Let's see how it works out reading all of these pages!
Tuesday, September 1, 2015
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